Lexman wrote:Boonen will get fit for P-R but i doubt he will win it against a super motivated Cancellara...

What kind of form is Cancellara in though? Has he shown anything recently? He may be playing his cards close to his chest but I would be slightly concerned. That and various issues off the road cannot have helped.

Don't be late Pedro wrote:What kind of form is Cancellara in though? Has he shown anything recently? He may be playing his cards close to his chest but I would be slightly concerned. That and various issues off the road cannot have helped.

Cancellara could be in sub-par form or he could be right on course. He didn't show much in Qatar or Oman like he usually would when on course to a peak. Of course there wasn't any wind in Qatar, so he wasn't really able to do much. And in Oman the competition was much stronger then it has been in the past. So it's understandable that he wouldn't do much in these races.

The advantage Cance has on Boonen is he didn't have a injury to delay his training. We'll have to wait until Strade Bianche to see where his form is at.

The Father of Clean Cycling, Christophe Bassons wrote:When I look at cycling today, I get the impression that history is repeating itself: riders who are supposed to be rouleurs are climbing passes at the front of the race, and those who are supposed to be climbers are riding time trials at more than 50 kilometres per hour.

After what we've seen in Omloop, I think he's going to be ready for spring cobbles. Not already for M-SR, but for the cobbles certainly.But I don't think De Ronde will take a big pre-race favorite like Boonen, Cancellara or Sagan. Someone from the second echelon will take the glory, I'd say.In Paris - Roubaix should be different, though.